THE CODEX AND THE BRITISH PHARMACOPCEIA. 629 
■cigarettes amongst others; but I must not talk about them now, as I hope to do 
so when I come to the preparations. 
^Douce-Amere, Solarium Dulcamara, Solanacees. The stem. 
Elemi dii Bresii—resin obtained by incision from the Idea Icicariba, DC.; 
Terebinthacees-burseracees. Remark : a soft resin when fresh, formed of tear¬ 
like particles, the colour of which varies from yellowish-white to yellow and 
yellowish-green. It possesses a strong and agreeable odour, and has a strongly 
perfumed flavour, which at the last becomes very bitter. Dissolved in boiling 
alcohol, it yields a precipitate upon becoming cold of a crystalline resin, white, 
opaque, and very light, named Elemine. The P.B. says, botanical source un¬ 
determined, chiefly imported from Manilla. Characters: a soft, unctuous, ad¬ 
hesive mass, becoming harder and more resinous by age ; of a yellowish-white 
colour, with a rather fragrant fennel-like odour; almost entirely soluble in 
rectified spirit. There is not much diflerencein the descriptions, but one comes 
from the east, source undetermined ; the other from the west, source apparently 
satisfactorily accounted for, but which Mr. Hanbury considers has disappeared 
from ordinary commerce. (Pharm. Journ, 2nd ser. vol. viii. n. x. p. 576.) 
^Ellebore Blanc, Veratrum album ; Colchicacees. 
Feve d’Epreuve du Calabar. Semence du Physosligma venenosum ; Papilio- 
nacees. 
Feve de Saint-Tgnace. Semence de Vlgnatia amara Linn.f. ; Loganiacees. 
*Fougere Male, Nephrodium Filix-mas^ichoirdi Fougeres. The rhizome and 
leaf. 
*Fragon Epineux ou Petit Houx, Rusciis acideatus Linn. ; Asparaginees. 
The rhizome. Commonly called butcher’s-broom and knee-holly. It was in 
old English pharmacy one of the five opening roots ; in France it is considered 
slightly diuretic and aperitive. 
^Galipot. Resin dried upon the trunks of pines; it is collected in France 
upon the trunk of Pinus maritima Linn. A resin bearing this name is used in 
England in the composition of patent dressings for the preservation of the 
bottoms of ships. 
^Gelatine animale (for baths), extracted from bones and from the skin and 
cartilages of mammiferous ruminants, commonly known as Colle de Flandre ; 
then comes the remark that, under the name of Grenetine, there is a purer ge¬ 
latine, extracted from the cartilages of calves, and the fresh skins of young 
animals. 
Grenadier, Punica Granatum Linn. ; Granatees. 
*Bark of the root. 
Flower called wild pomegranate. 
Epicarp named pomegranate bark. 
Juice of the fruit, rich in gallic acid. 
Remark: The ancients were aware of the vermifuge property of the pome¬ 
granate bark, and they prescribed the bark of the root, undoubtedly because 
tliey had observed that it was more active than that of the trunk or branches. 
However, the bark of commerce, which is obtained from Portugal, rarely fails 
in action, although obtained from the trunk or branches. The fresh rind of 
the root, or even the fibrous root of the cultivated pomegranate, is employed 
with success in France. 
^Guimauve, Althsea officinalis Linn. ; Malvacees. Root, leaf, and flower. 
Marshmallow is a great favourite with our Continental friends, therefore cannot 
be surprised to find that it is used in many ways ; a syrup of the root prepared 
with cold water, might often be employed as an adjunct, with quite as jnuch 
reason as the syrup of hemidesmus of the P.B., which is too weak to bestow 
any flavour beyond that of sugar. 
*Huile de Cade: a blackish liquid product obtained by dry distillation from 
